Churn.



J. B. SELLS'.

GHURN.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 5,1913.

Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

NUNITED sTATEs4 PATENT OFFICE.

` v:rAivnaxs BQSELLS, or LONDON, KENTUCKY.

- Toall whom `it may concern.'

...Be it knownthatl, JAMES B. SELLs, a

'citizen of the United States `of America,

residingiatvrLgondon, in the county of Laurel and` State of Kentucky, haveinvented certain4 vnew and useful mprvements in Churns, of which` the `following is a. specification. Y f t i This invention relates to ycertain improvements in reciprocatory.churnsf of that type in `which a `dasher is actuatedl to have a vertical reciprocatory y movement fin a i churn l body, and `in a churn made in accord with my invention thereisV present a vertical standard which carries meansforconnecting r the churn body with the standard, there also being present andattached tothe standard guides for a reciprocatory barwhich bar is maint-ained infpara'llelrelation with the standard. The standard is `also provided with means for supportingA driving mechanism for the reciprocatory bar which comprises a fiy'wheel'and pitmanvrod whichare actuated by gears maintainedon the opposite side of the support from the fly wheel.

In a churn constructed,v4 as shown inthe accompanying drawings the reciprocatory bar` is providedwith meansfor associating therewith a mixer orvesgsel, which'is agitated When'the dasher rodof the churn body is reciprocated, `and the constructiongof the parts that areassociated witlrthe ,reciprocatory bar `are such that the memberto which the upper endl ofthe dasher rod is' as a support for a vessel attached also serves or mixer.

The preferred construction of the driving' mechanism is suchthat an oscillatory lever when actuated will effect by means of alternating pawls Vwhich contact with the teeth of the main gear wheel a continuous ro-tation of said gearvvheel. f In the accompanying -drawings which illustrate a preferred form of my invention, Figure 1 is a frontelevation certain parts being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation.k Fig. 3 is a plan view of means for connecting the `dasher rod with a reciprocatory bar, such part also serving as a support for a vessel of the mixentype. n Fig. 4 is a detail plan view vof the bafie for the mixer or vessel, which is carried by the reciprocating bar, andy Fig. 5 is adetail view ofthe meansfor connecting the churn body to the standard by means of one of the guides for the reciprocatory bar.

. CHURN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 22, 1914.` 'Application inea neeember 5, 1913. serial No.'so4,s35.

The base 1, has lbolted thereto a spider- `frame 2 which carries a tubularmetallic `standard 3 to whichare secured guides 4 and and `parts 6 and 7 which-carry journals for a gearwheel 8, and for a pinion 9 i and fly wheel 10. The guides 4 and 5 for a reciprocatory bar 11 have anti-friction rollers 12 and 13 which are arranged to be dis-` posed at right angles to engage opposite sides of the reciprocating bar 11, said rolli ers being arranged in pairs and being prefl erably concave.

The `reciprocatory `bar is connected tothe iiy wheel 10, which is suitably counterbalanced byA a weight, rby a pitj man rod 14 whichis attached lto the recipro-4 catory bar 11` between' the :guides therefor and the particular varrangement of the rollers will prevent thebar `11 binding when the driving mechanism is actuated, which is a desirable feature as thebar l1 is not only intended and adapted to Vactuate the dasher rod 15, but also carries avessel or mixer 16.

The churn body 17 which rests upon the base 1 `is maintained in position by av clamp 18 which issecured tothe guide 4 and as the jaws of the clamps are `resilient to provide for engagementwith churn bodies of different diameters,an vadjusting screw having a wing-nut is present vto draw the` jaws one` toward theother andthe guide 4 is also adjustably Connected `to the standard 3. The reciprocatory bar llbetween the guides and above the-point ofA connection of the pitman- 14" to the bar carries a member or` support 19, which is made up to be adjustably` secured to the` bar' and has beyond its `point of attachmenttherewith a platform 2O that is adapted to provide a rest for the lower end of a vessel 16, and the` part 19 beyond the platforml .is shaped to provide one side of a duplex clamp for the dasher rod 15, the movable member ofthe clamp is of similar constructionvk and has actuating means consistingof a cam-lever 21 for forcing the movablej awfagainst the dasher rod. The dasher rod maybe held betwen either of the recessedportions ofthe clamp as may be required by the diameter ofthe churn body and to position the parts yinl alinement the guide 4 maybe raised or lowered on the standard to suitthe -side of the churn body to center the same relative to either recess in the clamp with which the dasher., rod engages.

' The vessel 16 is provided interiorly with baffles 22 which are connected by a rod 23 which bears againstthe bottom and the top of the vessel, which top is held-in place by ing the major portion inthe churn body and a part in the mixer or vvessel 16 so thatthe ycream in the vessel will be agitated and aeiated after which itis added to the cream in the churn body, and in order that the cream the vessel 16 may be readily transierred to the churn body 17 the dasher rod 15 may be hollow, its upper en d being connected to a stop-cock 25 attached to the vessel 16 so that when the plugof the stopcoek is turned the contents of the vessel 16 will be transferred to the churn body through the hollow dasher-rod.

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lThe receptacle 16 when desired may be used independent of the churn body for ren-V ovating, merging, or washing butter when deteriorated with milk or`- cream, or with water when the butter contains an excess of salt. lThe vessel 16 in practice may be used not only for renoif'ating or merging butter by agitating the butter in the presence of vmilk or cream, but the vessel may alsobe used to primarily agitate and aeratef. cream to prepare the same 'for beingchurned in the 'churn body 17, andthe cream may be. added to that in the main churn'b'ody while the dasher thereof is being actuated.

The actuating mechanism for the gear wheels 8 and 9, preferably consists of a lever 26 one end thereof'being constructed to engage with the journal or shaft of the gear 8and the lever carries a pawl 27 which on the' downwardmovement of the lever will positively engage with the teeth of the gear S. The journal or shaftof the pinion 9 has mounted thereon an arm 2S the outer end thereof having a part of a knuckle joint 29 with which engages a coperating member of the knuckle joint a pai't of a, pawl for engagement with the opposite side ot the gear wheel 8, such pawl 30 being connected to the lever 26 by `a link 31. The link A31 is attached te the pawl ,30 Anear the knuckle joint and is attached to the lever 26 between the pawl 27 and its fulcrum upon the shaft of the gear 8. When the lever 26 is. oscillated the pawls will alternately engage 4to drive the gear 8 andl rotary movement will u be imparted to the pinion to'reciprocatethe bar 11 with which the vessel '16 and the ldasher rod 15 are associated.

i dov not wisht0 be limited ma@ precise construction of the parts herein shown as they maybe varied within the scope of my claims without departing from vmy invention, as variousy changes may -be made in the instrumentalities used Jfor connecting the parts which may differ as t0 construction by the support-Lf t K 2. 'In a churn,fa vertialsuppOrt, a reciproeatory bar associated-with the "support and with driving means therefor, guides lfor the i sociating a' churn dash "withf thereciproca-l y tory rod such means also comprising a sup" 'port-for a mixer," and a mixermaintained reciprocatorybar' attached to the support abovek and below thedriving meansgtor thev reciprocatory bar,' means attached Y to the support for associating a churn-body therewith, a dasher rod, means ferl connectingl the dasher rod for the churnbody v,with the reciprocatoryl bar'" comprising a member have ing between the reciprocatory bar and the point of attachment 'with -thedasher'rod 'a support for afve'ssel, avessel which is adapted to be "maintained @by the [support and means also attached to theV reciprocatory bar for holding the .vessel upon itssupport.

3. In a churn,"`al vertical standard, means attached to the fstandard for guidinga reciprocatorybar, ajre'ciprocatory bar, means for reciprocating theib'ar carried'by the stand-A ard and operatively connected to the reci-procatory bar, antili'riction rollersy attached tothe guides and maintainedby the different guides at right anglesone to the other,

a member attached to nthe recipr'ocatory bar for connecting thenb'ar .to a dasher-rod such member having a partwhich serves as a support for a vessel and means also attaining a vessel upon the support.

4c. In a churn, a reci rocatory bar,.a member having at one end'means for attaching said member with lthe bar, a Vclamp on vthe opposite end of the member for attaching `tached to the reciproeatery'bar for main- Y l' a dasher rod to said member,anqi'ntermedi# 2"" ate located means for supporting la vessel upon the member andmeanscarried 'by the bar for engagementwith the upper vportion of a vessel to retain avessel in fixed engagemen with the reciprocatory andthe support for the vessel. i A \y JAMESB. SELLS 4 Witnesses: "f

C. N. WAIKER, v "i J. T IVALKER.

ssing the Commissioner of 1latei1ts, 

